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I'm getting excited! Was at Dave's on Sunday, and we did several small tasks. I found the never-installed front licence plate. Dave identified why no one had mounted it before. There is a broken bolt in one hole on the bumper. Then he very diligently measured, cut, radiused and tapped a new holder from a piece of 1" bar stock. I cleaned the vinyl top and matched seat cushions to frames. No point in giving a labour job to a skilled worker. Robert did green touch up paint on the exposed hardware all over. The two of them read and troubleshot the pin connectors for the trailer wiring. Gotta love the USGI electrical connection commonality standards. With the tarp on and the doors hung, it was easy to see where the remaining footman loops had to be placed. But, the fire extinguisher mounted on the tranmission hump fouls the passenger seat.

Showing far greater experience with handheld stamps than I would ever muster, Dave stamped:
manufactured by AM GENERAL
US contract DAAE-07-71-C-0103
Canadian contract CD 3613100
VIN AB456590 / 45111 for the serial number of my representation CFR
delivered 01/1974
Inspector Dave and Robert's initials.
He's obviously stamped many plates before, because he masked off the lettering to expose only the spaces, and taped the plate to a 1" steel plate. No warping! Just before supper tonight he sent me a picture of the plates reinstalled with 1/8th poprivets.

The registration was renewed (free vehicle registrations in Ontario, although I did have to buy the Veteran vanity plate originally), but Hagerty took $432 for insurance.

All I need is to road test, take delivery, pay Dave, and road test it daily before the 1 July Canada Day parade!